Composition or pulp.



PATENT oFmcE.

viz-ma 01m xiraeucn'x, OKAYAMA-SHI, onetime-KEN, Julia, assienon To my E, aromas, or yoxonma, new,

f comosrrronon PULP,

y I Specification ofLetters Patent. Patented Sept, 10, 1918, "in Dra ng,

' Application filed Kovember 1,1917. -Seria1No.199,797.

To I

fitiknewngthatfL'Unur Dream, a" 'sub 'ect era-Japan, residing at- Kitaguchi,

--- OkaYama- Shi, Okayama-Ken, Japan, have 15 inv'ented m w: and useful"Qomposition. or

a'beating machine. The fibers navmg been separated in the beating machine, are .bleached by a solution of chlorid of lime and sulfuric acid, using to each 100 parts of the fibrous substance 6.5 parts'of chlorid of I of thel'following is a' specificatlon.

"rYIihcbbject-of'm'y invention isfthe produc- .tionofa fibrous composition, or pulp, from 10; which papervcah be made, the chief constit- -uent bein'g f leaves of sugar cane, which at vthe prs'ent.time are;notonly'not used in pape 1 1 but are uselessfor anyipurpose .a'nd'are wasted.-

115 composition consists of sugar-cane leaves-,treated'wljth water, caustic soda, lime,

chloi'id of lime, and sulfur c acid.

are-chopped into pieces and cleaned by air,

20 then boiled. with caustic soda anddirne for about four hours; to 100 parts of leaves are used 53 parts of caustic soda and .5 (onehalf Lpart of lime, Then 1t is washed 1n a gimme nd beaten d w hed 1ime,..5 (one-half) part of sulfuric acid, and

Water as required the fiber remains in this solution about four hours during which time it is steamed with steam at ,75 to 86 degrees centigrade'; this steaming shortens the bleaching process much, The-bleached fiber is rinsed with clear water in an oscillating.

strainer, passing from which-itis sized and made ready. togo into the 'millboard machine. ,Then after going througha drying machine, it comes out finished pulp ready p to be made into paper. In? preparing the composition the leaves;

. I claim:

A fibrous composltlon, or pulp, from which paper can be" made, consisting of sugar-cane leaves, treatedflwith water, caustic soda, lime chlorid of lime, and sulfuric acid, or any similar chemicals. 

